HB-5196, As Passed House, May 30, 2012

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5196

A bill to require public employers to report information

concerning public employees and severance packages for public

employees; to require electronic posting of compensation

information; and to require duties of certain state departments and

agencies.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

"public employee compensation disclosure act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of technology,

management, and budget.

(b) "Public employee" means an individual who is employed by

this state; a department or agency of this state; a city, village,

township, county, or other political subdivision of this state; a

House Bill No. 5196 (H-1) as amended May 23, 2012

school district, intermediate school district, or special district; [a

cyber school; a public school academy;]

a community college or junior college as described in section 7 of

article VIII of the state constitution of 1963; an institution of

higher education, as described in section 4 of article VIII of the

state constitution of 1963; or any other public entity of this

state or of a political subdivision of this state.

compensation paid or payable by the public employer if a public

employee's employment terminates. Severance payment does not

include a payment under a retirement plan that is generally

applicable to employees of the public employer.

Sec. 3. By June 1 of each year, a public employer shall

provide to the department or post on the public employer's website

with an access link on the public employer's homepage all of the

following information:

(a) For each job classification of the public employer in

aggregate:

(i) The number of full-time equivalent employees.

(ii) The total annual wages paid to all employees within the

job classification.

(iii) The total annual cost of the benefits for all employees

within the job classification.

(b) For each severance payment agreement the public employer

entered into with an employee since the last reporting period, the

terms of the severance payment agreement and the employee's job

classification.

Sec. 4. A report submitted to the department under this act